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Catalog of American Portraits

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(24 of 1912)

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Samuel Adams

Samuel Adams

Paul Revere
Print
1774
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Archibald Bruce

Unidentified Artist
Silhouette
18th century
Owner: Richmond Academy of Medicine

Phillis Wheatley

Unidentified Artist
Drawing
1773
Owner: Dale C. Anderson Co.
Phillis Wheatley (frontispiece to

Phillis Wheatley (frontispiece to "Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral")

Unidentified Artist
Book
1773
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Phillis Wheatley

Unidentified Artist
Book
1773
Owner: Library of Congress, Rare Books & Special Collections Division

Lafayette at Yorktown

Jean Baptiste Le Paon
Painting
c. 1783-85
Owner: Lafayette College
Phillis Wheatley

Phillis Wheatley

Unidentified Artist
Print
1773
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

George Washington

Jean Baptiste Le Paon
Painting
1779
Owner: UNLOCATED

Ashbel Riley

William Johnston
Painting
c. 1765
Owner: Connecticut Historical Society

Stephen Van Rensselaer II

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1765-70
Owner: Albany Institute of History and Art

John Dickinson

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
c. 1770-85
Owner: State of Delaware, Bureau of Museums and Historic Sites

Roger Sherman

William Verstille
Painting
c. 1780
Owner: R. W. Norton Art Gallery

George Washington

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
c. 1779
Owner: Brooklyn Historical Society

Alexander Hamilton

P. T. Weaver
Painting
n.d.a.
Owner: New-York Historical Society

Abigail Smith Adams

James Sharples
Drawing
n.d.a.
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

George Washington (Vaughan type)

Unidentified Artist
Painting
1776-1830
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Benjamin West

Benjamin West

Jonathan Spilsbury
Print
c. 1765
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

John Bannister

Gilbert Stuart
Painting
c. 1773
Owner: Redwood Library & Athenaeum
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Joseph Siffred Duplessis
Painting
c. 1778-1802
Owner: Mutual Assurance Company

Benjamin Franklin

Jean-Antoine Houdon
Sculpture
1778
Owner: Westmoreland Museum of Art

Benjamin Franklin

Unidentified Artist
Sculpture
1776-1883
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Jean-Baptiste Greuze
Painting
c. 1770
Owner: Boston Public Library

Benjamin Franklin

Unidentified Artist
Painting
1776-1883
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
George Walton

George Walton

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1780
Owner: Private collection

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    • Miniatures  331
    • Sculpture  181
    • Exterior views  176
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    • Drawings  89
    • Silhouettes  32
    • Decorative arts  11
    • Medals  11
    • Maps  6
    • Sheet music  6
    • Books  4
    • Artists' materials  3
    • Mirrors  2
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Decorative arts  334
Dictionaries  2
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Exterior views  6465
Jewelry  2
Maps  248
Medals  535
Miniatures  7645
Mirrors  233
Mixed media  75
Mosaics (visual works)  14
Paintings  71237
Periodicals  31
Photographs  13858
Positive Transparency  81
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Sculpture  10303
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Silhouettes  4155
Textiles  23
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